The new ASUS GTX 680 DirectCu II TOP Edition is one of the most sought-after graphics cards on the market and with good reason. It incorporates a top shelf cooling solution, high clock speeds, the potential for incredible overclocking limits and a great software stack. There really isn't anything more we could ask of in a graphics card.

Nice review and a good card. Hope it'll improve the bad reputation of the NVIDIA 5XX and AMD 6XXX DCII cards.
Oh btw below the acoustics chart it says "With a trio of 100mm fans" I suspect it's just a duo ;)

I want that card and a good 120Hz monitor! Only thing stopping me is the fiance doesn't even want spend money on central air conditioning because of how much the wedding/reception is going to cost.

I see she's got your balls in a vice then?

EDIT: As to the review itself, I'm just curious: Why wouldn't you include some of the non-reference GTX680 benchmarks that you've done so far? If I was looking at this card, I'd want to cross-shop with other non-reference boards, not the reference 680.

Edit#2: I suppose there aren't any non-reference 680 reviews other than the EVGA SC+. Better get on that

EDIT: As to the review itself, I'm just curious: Why wouldn't you include some of the non-reference GTX680 benchmarks that you've done so far? If I was looking at this card, I'd want to cross-shop with other non-reference boards, not the reference 680.

Edit#2: I suppose there aren't any non-reference 680 reviews other than the EVGA SC+. Better get on that

Because I flashed the EVGA card to a reference spec and the other reviews were done on older drivers.

The new ASUS GTX 680 DirectCu II TOP Edition is one of the most sought-after graphics cards on the market and with good reason. It incorporates a top shelf cooling solution, high clock speeds, the potential for incredible overclocking limits and a great software stack. There really isn't anything more we could ask of in a graphics card.

You mentioned that you gave it a "voltage bump" of 100mV. You understand that 1175 is the max limit of all GTX 680 cards right? It cannot pass 1175 no matter what, period, on any 680 card without seriously modding them - asus does provide solder points to do it at your own risk but it voids your warranty. Any voltage settings in gpu tweak affect vDroop only and not maximum voltage.

Semantics I guess, but anyway the only way to change max voltage is to hard mod the card with soldering.